Washington Building Permits

Mandatory state code; local City/County enforcement.

How Building Permits Work in Washington

The state provides a mandatory code through the State Building Code Council but stays out of the administrative permitting process. Washington law delegates the responsibility for plan review, permit issuance, and inspections entirely to local city and county governments.

Model: State-Mandated

678 jurisdictions with permitting contact information.

Cities (639)

Aberdeen Gardens, WA(Grays Harbor County)Aberdeen, WA(Grays Harbor County)Acme, WA(Whatcom County)Addy, WA(Stevens County)Ahtanum, WA(Yakima County)Airway Heights, WA(Spokane County)Albion, WA(Whitman County)Alder, WA(Pierce County)Alderton, WA(Pierce County)Alderwood Manor, WA(Snohomish County)Alger, WA(Skagit County)Algona, WA(King County)Allyn, WA(Mason County)Almira, WA(Lincoln County)Altoona, WA(Wahkiakum County)Amanda Park, WA(Grays Harbor County)Amboy, WA(Clark County)Ames Lake, WA(King County)Anacortes, WA(Skagit County)Anatone, WA(Asotin County)and Country, WA Anderson Island, WA(Pierce County)Arlington Heights, WA(Snohomish County)Arlington, WA(Snohomish County)Artondale, WA(Pierce County)Ashford, WA(Pierce County)Asotin, WA(Asotin County)Auburn, WA(King County)Bainbridge Island, WA(Kitsap County)Bangor Base, WA(Kitsap County)Banks Lake South, WA(Grant County)Barberton, WA(Clark County)Baring, WA(King County)Barney's Junction, WA(Ferry County)Barstow, WA(Ferry County)Basin, WA(Franklin County)Battle Ground, WA(Clark County)Bay Center, WA(Pacific County)Bay View, WA(Skagit County)Beacon Hill, WA(King County)Beaux Arts, WA(King County)Belfair, WA(Mason County)Bell Hill, WA(Clallam County)Bellevue, WA(King County)Bellingham, WA(Whatcom County)Benton, WA(Benton County)Bethel, WA(Kitsap County)Beverly, WA(Grant County)Bickleton, WA(Klickitat County)Big Lake, WA(Skagit County)Bingen, WA(Klickitat County)Birch Bay, WA(Whatcom County)Black Diamond, WA(King County)Blaine, WA(Whatcom County)Blyn, WA(Clallam County)Bonney Lake, WA(Pierce County)Bothell East, WA(Snohomish County)Bothell West, WA(Snohomish County)Bothell, WA(King County)Boulevard Park, WA(Whatcom County)Bow, WA(Skagit County)Boyds, WA(Ferry County)Brady, WA(Grays Harbor County)Bremerton, WA(Kitsap County)Brewster, WA(Okanogan County)Bridgeport, WA(Douglas County)Brier, WA(Snohomish County)Brinnon, WA(Jefferson County)Browns Point, WA(Pierce County)Brush Prairie, WA(Clark County)Bryant, WA(Snohomish County)Bryn Mawr-Skyway, WA(King County)Buckley, WA(Pierce County)Bucoda, WA(Thurston County)Buena, WA(Yakima County)Bunk Foss, WA(Snohomish County)Burbank, WA(Walla Walla County)Burien, WA(King County)Burley, WA(Kitsap County)Burlington, WA(Skagit County)Camano, WA(Island County)Camas, WA(Clark County)Canterwood, WA(Pierce County)Canyon Creek, WA(Snohomish County)Carbonado, WA(Pierce County)Carlsborg, WA(Clallam County)Carnation, WA(King County)Carson, WA(Skamania County)Cascade Valley, WA(Grant County)Cashmere, WA(Chelan County)Castle Rock, WA(Cowlitz County)Cathcart, WA(Snohomish County)Cathlamet, WA(Wahkiakum County)Cavalero, WA(Snohomish County)Centerville, WA(Klickitat County)Central Park, WA(Grays Harbor County)Centralia, WA(Lewis County)Chain Lake, WA(Snohomish County)Chehalis, WA(Lewis County)Chelan Falls, WA(Chelan County)Chelan, WA(Chelan County)Cheney, WA(Spokane County)Cherry Grove, WA(Clark County)Chewelah, WA(Stevens County)Chico, WA(Kitsap County)Chinook, WA(Pacific County)Clallam Bay, WA(Clallam County)Clarkston Heights-Vineland, WA(Asotin County)Clarkston, WA(Asotin County)Clayton, WA(Stevens County)Cle Elum, WA(Kittitas County)Clear Lake (Pierce County), WA(Pierce County)Clear Lake (Skagit County), WA(Skagit County)Clearview, WA(Snohomish County)Cliffdell, WA(Yakima County)Clinton, WA(Island County)Clover Creek, WA(Pierce County)Clyde Hill, WA(King County)Cohassett Beach, WA(Grays Harbor County)Colfax, WA(Whitman County)College Place, WA(Walla Walla County)Colton, WA(Whitman County)Colville, WA(Stevens County)Conconully, WA(Okanogan County)Concrete, WA(Skagit County)Connell, WA(Franklin County)Conway, WA(Skagit County)Copalis Beach, WA(Grays Harbor County)Cosmopolis, WA(Grays Harbor County)Cottage Lake, WA(King County)Cougar, WA(Cowlitz County)Coulee Dam, WA(Okanogan County)Coulee, WA(Grant County)Country Homes, WA(Spokane County)Coupeville, WA(Island County)Covington, WA(King County)Cowiche, WA(Yakima County)Crescent Bar, WA(Grant County)Creston, WA(Lincoln County)Crocker, WA(Pierce County)Curlew Lake, WA(Ferry County)Curlew, WA(Ferry County)Cusick, WA(Pend Oreille County)Custer, WA(Whatcom County)Dallesport, WA(Klickitat County)Danville, WA(Ferry County)Darrington, WA(Snohomish County)Dash Point, WA(Pierce County)Davenport, WA(Lincoln County)Dayton, WA(Columbia County)Deep River, WA(Wahkiakum County)Deer Park, WA(Spokane County)Deming, WA(Whatcom County)Des Moines, WA(King County)Desert Aire, WA(Grant County)Disautel, WA(Okanogan County)Dixie, WA(Walla Walla County)Dollars Corner, WA(Clark County)Donald, WA(Yakima County)Duluth, WA(Clark County)DuPont, WA(Pierce County)Duvall, WA(King County)East Cathlamet, WA(Wahkiakum County)East Port Orchard, WA(Kitsap County)East Renton Highlands, WA(King County)East Wenatchee, WA(Douglas County)Eastmont, WA(Snohomish County)Easton, WA(Kittitas County)Eatonville, WA(Pierce County)Edgewood, WA(Pierce County)Edison, WA(Skagit County)Edmonds, WA(Snohomish County)Elbe, WA(Pierce County)Electric, WA Elk Plain, WA(Pierce County)Ellensburg, WA(Kittitas County)Elma, WA(Grays Harbor County)Elmer, WA(Okanogan County)Endicott, WA(Whitman County)Enetai, WA(Kitsap County)Entiat, WA(Chelan County)Enumclaw, WA(King County)Ephrata, WA(Grant County)Erlands Point, WA(Kitsap County)Eschbach, WA(Yakima County)Esperance, WA(Snohomish County)Everett, WA(Snohomish County)Everson, WA(Whatcom County)Fairchild AFB, WA(Spokane County)Fairfield, WA(Spokane County)Fairwood (King County), WA(King County)Fairwood (Spokane County), WA(Spokane County)Fall, WA Farmington, WA(Whitman County)Federal Way, WA(King County)Felida, WA(Clark County)Fern Prairie, WA(Clark County)Ferndale, WA(Whatcom County)Fife Heights, WA(Pierce County)Fife, WA(Pierce County)Finley, WA(Benton County)Fircrest, WA(Pierce County)Five Corners, WA(Clark County)Fobes Hill, WA(Snohomish County)Fords Prairie, WA(Lewis County)Forks, WA(Clallam County)Fort Lewis, WA(Pierce County)Four Lakes, WA(Spokane County)Fox Island, WA(Pierce County)Frederickson, WA(Pierce County)Freeland, WA(Island County)Friday Harbor, WA(San Juan County)Garfield, WA(Whitman County)Garrett, WA(Walla Walla County)Geneva, WA(Whatcom County)George, WA(Grant County)Gig Harbor, WA(Pierce County)Glacier, WA(Whatcom County)Gleed, WA(Yakima County)Glenwood, WA(Klickitat County)Gold Bar, WA(Snohomish County)Goldendale, WA(Klickitat County)Gorst, WA(Kitsap County)Graham, WA(Pierce County)Grand Coulee, WA(Grant County)Grand Mound, WA(Thurston County)Grandview, WA(Yakima County)Granger, WA(Yakima County)Granite Falls, WA(Snohomish County)Grapeview, WA(Mason County)Grayland, WA(Grays Harbor County)Grays River, WA(Wahkiakum County)Green Bluff, WA(Spokane County)Greenwater, WA(Pierce County)Hamilton, WA(Skagit County)Hansville, WA(Kitsap County)Harrah, WA(Yakima County)Harrington, WA(Lincoln County)Hartline, WA(Grant County)Hat Island, WA(Snohomish County)Hatton, WA(Adams County)Hazel Dell, WA(Clark County)Herron Island, WA(Pierce County)High Bridge, WA(Snohomish County)Hobart, WA(King County)Hockinson, WA(Clark County)Hogans Corner, WA(Grays Harbor County)Home, WA(Pierce County)Hoodsport, WA(Mason County)Hoquiam, WA(Grays Harbor County)Humptulips, WA(Grays Harbor County)Hunts Point, WA(King County)Ilwaco, WA(Pacific County)Inchelium, WA(Ferry County)Index, WA(Snohomish County)Indianola, WA(Kitsap County)Ione, WA(Pend Oreille County)Issaquah, WA(King County)Jamestown, WA(Clallam County)Kahlotus, WA(Franklin County)Kalama, WA(Cowlitz County)Kapowsin, WA(Pierce County)Kayak Point, WA(Snohomish County)Keller, WA(Ferry County)Kelso, WA(Cowlitz County)Kendall, WA(Whatcom County)Kenmore, WA(King County)Kennewick, WA(Benton County)Kent, WA(King County)Ketron Island, WA(Pierce County)Kettle Falls, WA(Stevens County)Key Center, WA(Pierce County)Keyport, WA(Kitsap County)Kingston, WA(Kitsap County)Kirkland, WA(King County)Kitsap Lake, WA(Kitsap County)Kittitas, WA(Kittitas County)Klickitat, WA(Klickitat County)Krupp, WA(Grant County)La Center, WA(Clark County)La Conner, WA(Skagit County)La Grande, WA(Pierce County)Lacey, WA(Thurston County)LaCrosse, WA(Whitman County)Lake Bosworth, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Cassidy, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Cavanaugh, WA(Skagit County)Lake Forest Park, WA(King County)Lake Goodwin, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Holm, WA(King County)Lake Ketchum, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Marcel-Stillwater, WA(King County)Lake McMurray, WA(Skagit County)Lake Morton-Berrydale, WA(King County)Lake Roesiger, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Shore, WA(Clark County)Lake Stevens, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Stickney, WA(Snohomish County)Lake Tapps, WA(Pierce County)Lakeland North, WA(King County)Lakeland South, WA(King County)Lakeview, WA(Grant County)Lakewood, WA(Pierce County)Lamont, WA(Whitman County)Langley, WA(Island County)Larch Way, WA(Snohomish County)Latah, WA(Spokane County)Laurier, WA(Ferry County)Leavenworth, WA(Chelan County)Lebam, WA(Pacific County)Lewisville, WA(Clark County)Lexington, WA(Cowlitz County)Liberty Lake, WA(Spokane County)Lind, WA(Adams County)Lochsloy, WA(Snohomish County)Lofall, WA(Kitsap County)Long Beach, WA(Pacific County)Longbranch, WA(Pierce County)Longview Heights, WA(Cowlitz County)Longview, WA(Cowlitz County)Loomis, WA(Okanogan County)Loon Lake, WA(Stevens County)Lower Elochoman, WA(Wahkiakum County)Lyle, WA(Klickitat County)Lyman, WA(Skagit County)Lynden, WA(Whatcom County)Lynnwood, WA(Snohomish County)Mabton, WA(Yakima County)Machias, WA(Snohomish County)Malden, WA(Whitman County)Malo, WA(Ferry County)Malone, WA(Grays Harbor County)Malott, WA(Okanogan County)Maltby, WA(Snohomish County)Manchester, WA(Kitsap County)Mansfield, WA(Douglas County)Manson, WA(Chelan County)Maple Falls, WA(Whatcom County)Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA(King County)Maple Valley, WA(King County)Maplewood, WA(King County)Marblemount, WA(Skagit County)Marcus, WA(Stevens County)Marietta-Alderwood, WA(Whatcom County)Marine View, WA(Grant County)Markham, WA(Grays Harbor County)Marrowstone, WA(Jefferson County)Martha Lake, WA(Snohomish County)Maryhill, WA(Klickitat County)Marysville, WA(Snohomish County)Mattawa, WA(Grant County)May Creek, WA(Snohomish County)McChord AFB, WA(Pierce County)McCleary, WA(Grays Harbor County)McKenna, WA(Pierce County)McMillin, WA(Pierce County)Mead, WA(Spokane County)Meadow Glade, WA(Clark County)Meadowdale, WA(Kitsap County)Medical Lake, WA(Spokane County)Medina, WA(King County)Mercer Island, WA(King County)Mesa, WA(Franklin County)Metaline Falls, WA(Pend Oreille County)Metaline, WA(Pend Oreille County)Methow, WA(Okanogan County)Midland, WA(Pierce County)Mill Creek East, WA(Snohomish County)Mill Creek, WA(Snohomish County)Millwood, WA(Spokane County)Milton, WA(Pierce County)Mineral, WA(Lewis County)Minnehaha, WA(Clark County)Mirrormont, WA(King County)Moclips, WA(Grays Harbor County)Monroe North, WA(Snohomish County)Monroe, WA(Snohomish County)Montesano, WA(Grays Harbor County)Morton, WA(Lewis County)Moses Lake North, WA(Grant County)Moses Lake, WA(Grant County)Mossyrock, WA(Lewis County)Mount Vernon, WA(Skagit County)Mount Vista, WA(Clark County)Mountlake Terrace, WA(Snohomish County)Moxee, WA(Yakima County)Mukilteo, WA(Snohomish County)Naches, WA(Yakima County)Napavine, WA(Lewis County)Naselle, WA(Pacific County)Navy Yard, WA Neah Bay, WA(Clallam County)Neilton, WA(Grays Harbor County)Nespelem Community, WA(Okanogan County)Nespelem, WA(Okanogan County)Newcastle, WA(King County)Newport, WA(Pend Oreille County)Nile, WA(Yakima County)Nisqually Indian Community, WA(Pierce County)Nooksack, WA(Whatcom County)Normandy Park, WA(King County)North Bend, WA(King County)North Bonneville, WA(Skamania County)North Fort Lewis, WA(Pierce County)North Lynnwood, WA(Snohomish County)North Omak, WA(Okanogan County)North Puyallup, WA(Pierce County)North Sultan, WA(Snohomish County)North Yelm, WA(Thurston County)Northport, WA(Stevens County)Northwest Stanwood, WA(Snohomish County)Oak Harbor, WA(Island County)Oakesdale, WA(Whitman County)Oakville, WA(Grays Harbor County)Ocean Park, WA(Pacific County)Ocean Shores, WA(Grays Harbor County)Ocean, WA(Grays Harbor County)Ocosta, WA(Grays Harbor County)Odessa, WA(Lincoln County)Okanogan, WA(Okanogan County)Olympia, WA(Thurston County)Omak, WA(Okanogan County)Onalaska, WA(Lewis County)Orchards, WA(Clark County)Orient, WA(Ferry County)Oroville, WA(Okanogan County)Orting, WA(Pierce County)Oso, WA(Snohomish County)Othello, WA(Adams County)Otis Orchards-East Farms, WA(Spokane County)Outlook, WA(Yakima County)Oyehut, WA(Grays Harbor County)Pacific Beach, WA(Grays Harbor County)Pacific, WA(King County)Packwood, WA(Lewis County)Palouse, WA(Whitman County)Parker, WA(Yakima County)Parkland, WA(Pierce County)Parkwood, WA(Kitsap County)Pasco, WA(Franklin County)Pataha, WA(Garfield County)Pateros, WA(Okanogan County)Pe Ell, WA(Lewis County)Peaceful Valley, WA(Whatcom County)Picnic Point, WA(Snohomish County)Pine Grove, WA(Ferry County)Point Roberts, WA(Whatcom County)Pomeroy, WA(Garfield County)Port Angeles East, WA(Clallam County)Port Angeles, WA(Clallam County)Port Gamble Tribal Community, WA(Kitsap County)Port Hadlock-Irondale, WA(Jefferson County)Port Ludlow, WA(Jefferson County)Port Orchard, WA(Kitsap County)Port Townsend, WA(Jefferson County)Porter, WA(Grays Harbor County)Poulsbo, WA(Kitsap County)Prairie Heights, WA(Pierce County)Prairie Ridge, WA(Pierce County)Prescott, WA(Walla Walla County)Prosser, WA(Benton County)Puget Island, WA(Wahkiakum County)Pullman, WA(Whitman County)Purdy, WA(Pierce County)Puyallup, WA(Pierce County)Queets, WA(Jefferson County)Qui-nai-elt, WA(Grays Harbor County)Quilcene, WA(Jefferson County)Quincy, WA(Grant County)Raft Island, WA(Pierce County)Rainier, WA(Thurston County)Ravensdale, WA(King County)Raymond, WA(Pacific County)Reardan, WA(Lincoln County)Redmond, WA(King County)Renton, WA(King County)Republic, WA(Ferry County)Richland, WA(Benton County)Ridgefield, WA(Clark County)Ritzville, WA(Adams County)River Road, WA(Clallam County)Riverbend, WA(King County)Riverpoint, WA(King County)Riverside, WA(Okanogan County)Roche Harbor, WA(San Juan County)Rochester, WA(Thurston County)Rock Island, WA(Douglas County)Rockford, WA(Spokane County)Rockport, WA(Skagit County)Rocky Point, WA(Kitsap County)Ronald, WA(Kittitas County)Roosevelt, WA(Klickitat County)Rosalia, WA(Whitman County)Rosburg, WA(Wahkiakum County)Rosedale, WA(Pierce County)Roslyn, WA(Kittitas County)Roy, WA(Pierce County)Royal, WA(Grant County)Ruston, WA(Pierce County)Ryderwood, WA(Cowlitz County)Salmon Creek, WA(Clark County)Sammamish, WA(King County)Santiago, WA(Grays Harbor County)Satsop, WA(Grays Harbor County)Schwana, WA(Grant County)Seabeck, WA(Kitsap County)SeaTac, WA(King County)Seattle, WA(King County)Sedro-Woolley, WA(Skagit County)Sekiu, WA(Clallam County)Selah, WA(Yakima County)Sequim, WA(Clallam County)Shadow Lake, WA(King County)Shelton, WA(Mason County)Shoreline, WA(King County)Silvana, WA(Snohomish County)Silver Firs, WA(Snohomish County)Silverdale, WA(Kitsap County)Sisco Heights, WA(Snohomish County)Skamokawa Valley, WA(Wahkiakum County)Skokomish, WA(Mason County)Skykomish, WA(King County)Snohomish, WA(Snohomish County)Snoqualmie Pass, WA(Kittitas County)Snoqualmie, WA(King County)Soap Lake, WA(Grant County)South Bend, WA(Pacific County)South Cle Elum, WA(Kittitas County)South Creek, WA(Pierce County)South Hill, WA(Pierce County)South Prairie, WA(Pierce County)South Wenatchee, WA(Chelan County)Southworth, WA(Kitsap County)Spanaway, WA(Pierce County)Spangle, WA(Spokane County)Spokane Valley, WA(Spokane County)Spokane, WA(Spokane County)Sprague, WA(Lincoln County)Springdale, WA(Stevens County)St. John, WA(Whitman County)Stansberry Lake, WA(Pierce County)Stanwood, WA(Snohomish County)Starbuck, WA(Columbia County)Startup, WA(Snohomish County)Steilacoom, WA(Pierce County)Steptoe, WA(Whitman County)Stevenson, WA(Skamania County)Sudden Valley, WA(Whatcom County)Sultan, WA(Snohomish County)Sumas, WA(Whatcom County)Summit View, WA(Pierce County)Summit, WA(Pierce County)Summitview, WA(Yakima County)Sumner, WA(Pierce County)Suncrest, WA(Stevens County)Sunday Lake, WA(Snohomish County)Sunland Estates, WA(Grant County)Sunnyside, WA(Yakima County)Sunnyslope, WA(Chelan County)Suquamish, WA(Kitsap County)Swede Heaven, WA(Snohomish County)Tacoma, WA(Pierce County)Taholah, WA(Grays Harbor County)Tampico, WA(Yakima County)Tanglewilde, WA(Thurston County)Tehaleh, WA(Pierce County)Tekoa, WA(Whitman County)Tenino, WA(Thurston County)Terrace Heights, WA(Yakima County)Thorp, WA(Kittitas County)Three Lakes, WA(Snohomish County)Tieton, WA(Yakima County)Tokeland, WA(Pacific County)Toledo, WA(Lewis County)Tonasket, WA(Okanogan County)Toppenish, WA(Yakima County)Torboy, WA(Ferry County)Touchet, WA(Walla Walla County)Tracyton, WA(Kitsap County)Trout Lake, WA(Klickitat County)Tukwila, WA(King County)Tumwater, WA(Thurston County)Twin Lakes, WA(Ferry County)Twisp, WA(Okanogan County)Union Gap, WA(Yakima County)Union Hill-Novelty Hill, WA(King County)Union, WA(Mason County)Uniontown, WA(Whitman County)University Place, WA(Pierce County)Upper Elochoman, WA(Wahkiakum County)Vader, WA(Lewis County)Valley, WA(Stevens County)Vancouver, WA(Clark County)Vantage, WA(Kittitas County)Vashon, WA(King County)Vaughn, WA(Pierce County)Venersborg, WA(Clark County)Verlot, WA(Snohomish County)Waitsburg, WA(Walla Walla County)Walla Walla East, WA(Walla Walla County)Walla Walla, WA(Walla Walla County)Waller, WA(Pierce County)Wallula, WA(Walla Walla County)Wapato, WA(Yakima County)Warden, WA(Grant County)Warm Beach, WA(Snohomish County)Washougal, WA(Clark County)Washtucna, WA(Adams County)Waterville, WA(Douglas County)Wauna, WA(Pierce County)Waverly, WA(Spokane County)Wenatchee, WA(Chelan County)West Clarkston-Highland, WA(Asotin County)West Pasco, WA(Franklin County)West Richland, WA(Benton County)Westport, WA(Grays Harbor County)Wheeler, WA(Grant County)Whidbey Island Station, WA(Island County)White Center, WA(King County)White Salmon, WA(Klickitat County)White Swan, WA(Yakima County)Wilbur, WA(Lincoln County)Wilderness Rim, WA(King County)Wilkeson, WA(Pierce County)Willapa, WA(Pacific County)Wilson Creek, WA(Grant County)Winlock, WA(Lewis County)Winthrop, WA(Okanogan County)Wishram, WA(Klickitat County)Wollochet, WA(Pierce County)Woodinville, WA(King County)Woodland, WA(Cowlitz County)Woods Creek, WA(Snohomish County)Woodway, WA(Snohomish County)Yacolt, WA(Clark County)Yakima, WA(Yakima County)Yarrow Point, WA(King County)Yelm, WA(Thurston County)Zillah, WA(Yakima County)